France, Germany back European cloud computing 'moonshot'
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BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - France and Germany threw their weight on Thursday behind plans to create a cloud computing ecosystem that seeks to reduce Europe's dependence on Silicon Valley giants Amazon , Microsoft and Google .The project, dubbed Gaia-X, will establish common standards for storing and processing data on servers that are sited locally and comply with the European Union's strict laws on data privacy.German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, speaking in Berlin, described Gaia-X as a..